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MAP OF POPES VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN.
Aug Q, 1862, the battle of Cedar Mountain,
the first in Popes Virginia campaign, was
fought. Sigel had been ordered to march to
Culpeppcr Aug. s, but mistook his orders and
did not reach there till the afternoon Of the
9th. That afternoon the battle opened with
an attack from Ewell's division on Banks.
Banks held possession of u hill near Cedar
mountain. Ewcll planted battery on Cedar
mountain to rake the Union forces. Part of
Ewell's and Jacllson's divisions took position
on ridge opposite the hill occupied by the
Federal troops The battle began with a
sharp artillery fire at 4 o'clock. A corn field
and a wheat field lay between the two armies
Jackson's old troops, called sometimes Jack
sons own," sometimes the "Stoncwall bri-
gadr." We're commanded at Cedar mountain
bv Gen. Windcr. He was killed early in the
action. and his command devolved on Gen.
Taliaferro.
C,.sr mountain is called by the ConfeGcr-
atcs Slaughter mountain. Banks men were
posted on tic kill mentioned and onthe plain
near Cedar rum, q stream crossing the Gull
pepper road. The attack was ordered by
Stonewall jackson, who, in his report, SAYS
that finding only a part of Pope's army at
Culpeppcr Court House, he hoped, through
the blessing of Providence, to defeat it before
re-cnforcemcnts cane up In this fight Jack
son had his own old division and those of Hill
aud Ew"ll. nearly $1,000 men in nll the best
and most experienced soldiers of the army of
the ConfcGleracv. Banks had less than 5000
men, consisting of Williams AMI Augurs tli-
visions. with Gorlon's brigade not quite
800, posted as Il reserve on the extreme
right.
Gen. Jubal \. EARLY. G. s a.. took a prominent
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II. 1851 He afterwarI saw much severe fighting.
II. is now a retired hrigadirr general. living in
New York city, and engaged i'll scientific and
literary pursuits He contributed the volume
"ChancellorsvilI. and GcttysburS' to tile Cam
pai.lls Of the Civil War
In the battle Of Groveton, Aug. 90, both
forces took up the fight which had been left
unfinished near Gainesville the night before
Groveton was village on the WarrentOn
turnpike, which led to Alexandria. Grove
ton was near the center of the three days
fighting. \ little to :hc northeast of Grove
ton was the historic. stream of Bull Run,
whence the fighting grounds hereabouts
gained their name. Bull Run flows south
east and emrties into the Potomac.
At the battle of Groveton, the Goth, Jack
son fronted nearly south. his left at Sudley
Ford on Bull Run. his right at Groveton
Sigei's corps attacked his right ut daylight,
and there was bloody fight there till 1920,
with varied result. Milroy and Carl Schurz
made fierce charges Oh the Confederate line.
Amid the conflicting accounts and recrimi-
nations which grew out of the battle of
Grovcton, Aug. 10, it is hard to get at the
truth about that fight. 1t seems clear, how
ever, that Thoroughfare Gap was the key to
victory for Pope. 1t might be called a second
Thermopyln Two hrigades of Federal
troops could have held it against ten times
their number 1t was the mountain pass to-
ward which Longstreet was marching with
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grandson Of the Rufus


ericksburg. Grovcton, Manassas, Yorktown anl
Fairfax. After the war lie was ;,..an n.nstc,,to
Rome. He died in ls.G.
at midnight, after a march of twenty
miles, Jackson and his men bivotlaccd at
Salem, near lhoroushfare Gap, on the rail
road. jackson had forbidden lis soldiers TO
Shout, but whenever they cau.h. light Of him
in his faded uniform aud old yellow zap they
sent up roaring cheers, and he could not stop
them
AT daylight they We're on the march again.
Thoroughfare Gap w;,s udefended by Union
troop, as they had hoped, aud now they were
ready for Pope "n the right or Washington
city on the left. Jackson's men La, per.
formed another ono Of their extraordinary
marches. They had Travelled fifty miles in
two days with only green corn and apples to
eat Many of them rnped along barefoot
Yet there was not straggler, and they were
ready for fight.
By the evening of Aug. g the advance Of
Jacksons men were at Manassas Junction OH
the railroad which supplied Pope. A great
number Of supplies was there, which the Con-
federates destroyed after getting one square
meal" out them.
Hooker was at Bristoe Station, seven miles
from Manassas, and Fitz John Porter was ut
W ''i u IllIt Ill'S AWAY. WIN
4,5'D men. They We're tn" advance of Popes
army. That general had become aware Of
Jackson's movement, and had decided to
march his whole army to Manassas and
Gainesville.
By Aug 21 Gen. Pope lad got re-enforce-
ments to the number Of not quite $1,000 men
from the Army Of the Potomac They were
OF the flower of that army, including Fitz
John Porter's corps, with his troops Of the
regular army, un,ler the division command
ers Morel and Sykes. Gem Reynolds was
also there with his division of the Pennsyl-
wanna Reserves. Gen. Meade was one of the
brigade commanders
LonG-treet was following Jackson. mean
ing to flank Pope Oh the right while Jackson
attacked the rear. He was marching rap
idly, pressing toward Thoroushfare Cap
His position as well as that Of Jackson was
extremely ticklish. If Pope could fall on
them separately, before Lees whole army
could come up, then each wou!l be cut to
pieces The greatest watgf;llne.s night and
day was Observed. On the morning Of the
18th Lonsstreet observed that bis brgades
Were being suddenly halted on diiferen,
roads. With no apparent reason they
stopped and remained stock still. although
he was hurrying them forward at the top of
thell sPeeu. In towering rage he rode for
ward to find out the reason. He was told Il
courier had brought orders from Gen. Lee.
directing the army to halt
where is that courier." demanded Long
street.
There, gallopins down the road" said
brigadier
"Overtake him: bring him to me-" cried
Longstrect.
He was halted and brought back
Il must be off to the rear, said the courier,
endeavoring to go free; u have orders for
Longstreet"
Ia Gen Longstreet," said that indivil-
ual. "Where are your orlers.'
The man turned deatbly white and did not
answer. He was Union spv
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Por's idea was TO crush jackson by get
ting on his rear, between him and Thorough
fare Gap, with one portion of the Federal
army, McDowelfs corps, while the other.
under Hooker, should attack him on the east.
coming from Ccntrrvilr. At that time
Pope supposed jackson to he retreatjn.y bncl,
through Thoroushfarc Gap.
But jackson was hot rctreating. Long
street was close at hand, ready to join him.
Furthermore, Pom'S own army had not
come to time as expected. Ftz John Porter
had been ordered /" join Hooker ut Bristoc
Station on the Manassas Gap railroad. He
arrived six hours late. Meanwhile the same
day, Aug. 81, at Manassas Junction, seven
miles away, there was n hot skirmish. Some
New Jersey troops under Gen. Taylor had
been ordered to rescue the stores there, They
were driven off with half their officers killed
or wounded. Gen. Taylor himself was
killed At l'ri>toc Station, the same day too.
Hooker made an attack on Ewell, who fell
back toward Jacksons main army, un,ur
sued
Where was .Tackson's army, meantime.
jackson was master of the art of strategy.
He started Ewcll and Hill Off northeast with
noise and flourish, us if they were march,
ing i'll IL bec line to Washington. At the
same time he put his main army swiftly and
quietly on the march back from Manassas
northwarl, i'll tho direction i'll which lie knew
Longstreet was advancing. Ewell and Hill
went as far northeast as Ccntrevile, within
twenty miles of Washington Then they
suddenly turned west and reioirel Jacksons
army near the old battle field of Bull Run.
This was Aug. as.
In th" second battle of Bull Run Gen Robert &.
Sch'nck had his arm shattered hya hall lie was
born in Ohio in lS0o Unlike most of the generals
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SECOND BULL RUN.
Story Of Gen. Pope's Campaign
in Virginia.
ITS QUARTER CENTENARY.
Hot Fighting from Cedar Mountain
to Chantilly.

Tho Campaign Begins at Cedar Noun
tain, the 9tl, of August, 1s6:-It Ends
with Pope's RETREAT to Washington,
September 1-FiShtimg Every Step Of
the way-The Three Days Battles at
Bull Run, Gainesville, Groveton and
Manassas.
1t was quarter of a century ago OH June
26 that Nai. Gen. john Pop. WA, appointed
to command the Army of Virginia. The
scattered forces of Banks, Fremont and
Mcdowell that had been ,:nufuli,:rl by the
movements of Stonewall Jackson in the
Shenandoah valley We're to to he united into
one army the Army of Virginia, and put
under one heal That heal was Gen. Pope.
There We're three corps un,l"r the COM
manders named. Fremont resigned when
Pope was appointed, and his corps-the FNst
was given To Gen. Franz Sigcl. Banks coNi-
lnan,lc, the Second corps, Mcdowell tho
Third The three contained altogether not
quite :r)GD men. But one marked feature
of this Army of Virginia was 'lle great num-
ber of s,r;,.glr;rs connected with ii. After
the second l.;,; ic of Bull Run Pope himself
com!lanc,l If il: and said half the great
dminutipn of his forces there was caused by
"straas:,i.:, :.ml s!iulhin., from the army"
Gen. Gurion in lis book. the Army of Nir-
ginia, Remarks of one corps that its nienl-
bers sc!on reported in full except ut meal
time The cause of this want of discipline is
hard to trace.
Popc was n western man of large stature
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a Happy Mexican.

The Mexicans are simple, primitive people,
unacquainted with the guileful arts of civiliza-
ton. Yesterday Officer Blacker, in strolling
up the street, saw n man wearing n singular
looking apparatus around his waist, and e1-
animation proved it to be patent truss.
"What in the thunder are you wearing that
thing outside Of your clothes for::' asked the
astonisled officer.
THAT pistol belt, senor," said the man.
The innocent Mexicano had purloined the
truss somewhere, and never having seen one
before, believed it to be girdle of new and
beautiful pattern. The gutta percha knob
lie regarded as a device whereon to suspend
six shooter, and few dangling straps added
to the picturesque effect. Last night he was
the belle of Il Mexican ball and danced in the
head set, regardless of the legend inscribed
across his back-"Hernia Positively Cured!"
Ell Paso olnter-Republican.
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acd at West Point in 1851, He served both in
the Mexican an! RI II Ia wars. but r,si,n",. from
the army and Stu!al law. He held various Of
fees in Virginia. ipu",l the Confederate army in
TIN. bcginuiu: Of N" and commanded n
brigade ;t Eull Eun. Al Gettysburg Lr was q.
bri2atiirr .-"."itll and commamrd u division. He
was ENGAGED in Ia" Shenandoah Valley cam
paign of 1851. liz il who made the daring
raid into lrunS> lyai.i:t and set fire. Ia Chambers
burg. After that. however. his star went down.
He wa; involved III series of unfortunate de-
fcats. first at the hands Of Sheridan then of Gus
ter. and was dismissed from IN" Conf-derat" SER
vice He went to Europe, hut after ',.. war be-
cam. again a lnwy r in Richmond
AT Cedar mountain Banks was not aware
that he had so large a force opposed
to him. If lie had KNOWN it, he could have
sent to Pope for re-cnforcements in time
As it was, after deadly fight of four hours
he was forced to retreat, the Confederate
army being twice as large as his own. SO
sure was he that it was only Jacksoi's adj
vance which engaged him that lie parted his
whole division into TWO columns and charged
upon the mass.d Confcderates The charge
was so heavy that at first they fell back in
disorder. AT that moment Stonewal Jackson
himself gallOpcd up to rally the broken
lines. His old soldiers saw him and shouting
'Stonewail Jackson Stonewall JackSon!"
reformed and renewed the fight. Rc-enforce-
nlents, two blIe;rics of Hll'S division. frcsh
troops, We're poured in, and Bank, columns
were stopped. Broken and fearfuily diu1in-
ished, they were forced back across the
wheat field over wh, they had come. Pope,
who was coming VI, with Ricketts, division
Just at dark, met the retrcatng columns
The battle line was formed anew then, and
Jackson, who was i'll pursuit, attacked once
more, but was met so vigorously that he
d-s>ted, and bivouacked on the battle field.
In the battle Of Cellar Mountain Brig Gen.
S. w. Crawford made upon the Confederate
left heroic charge. which has become ia
nous.
The battle of Cedar Mountain was a bloody
one. The Union side lost in killed. wounded
and prisoners over 1000 men. the Confetler-
ates less than 400. Ii is noted for the large
number of officers killed and wounded ON
both sides.
| After this battle neither army moved for
| two days. On the llth the dead were buried.
Then Jackson witt, his army retreated south
across the Rapilam toward Orange Court
HOUSE. and Aug. /, held Il divine service, in
which he gave thanks to God for the victory
at Cedar run.
| Gen. John Buforl took very active part in
directing til. cavalry movements of Popes Nir.
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n.
paign i'll Virginia. In 1868 lie resigned from the
army and rr-cntcrcd politics, serving in congress
eight years, when he wns appointed minister to
England. He held This place till 1876 and found
relaxation from official duties in the writing of a
book on tile science and art of the game OF
poker. 1t is much quoted. Gen. Schcnck still
survives, in an age which is
Like II lnsty winter
Frosty but kindly
Pope was deceived as to the whereabouts of
Jackson's army. He was besides almost in
despair because rc-enforccments which had
been surely promised him did not arrive. He
had depended for supplies on Washington,
and in any event on those at Manassas juno
ton, which jackson had destroyed Both
sources failed. If, however, Gen. Pope's
main army had reached Manassas Junction
one day earlier, on the 27th, be- might have
saved liS stores and destroyed Jackson. As
lie himself expressed it, however, lie had now
to fight OF Starve.
The first of the series of fights which took
place near the old Bull Run battle field oc-
CURED Aug 2s. Pope believing Jackson at
centrcvlle, being deceived by his ruse, or
dcred Mcdowell to go after him. Mcdowell
had been near Gainesville. The march to-
ward Centrevillcled him past Jackson's right,
and Jackson attacked him vigorously.
This fight of the 2Sth is known Us the battle
of Gainesville Tie village lies near Thor
eughfare Gap, southwest of Centrcville.
There was a severe nnl bloody contest, with.
out decided advantage on either side. Gen.
Jackson, il, his report. calls it 81 fierce and
sang,iinary conflict" Gems. Ewcll and Tall
nferro, Confederate commanders, were both
severely wounded. The troops engaged on
the Union side We're the brigatles of Gems
Gibbon md Doubleday.
There were three days BATTLES on and near
the old Bull Run battle-ground. They oc-
cured Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Aug
Is, ~, 80. 1'h" first is properly called the
Groveton, the third and last, Manassas. The
las, ON" i, usually termed the second battle
Of Bull Run"
At the first of the three fights, that of
Gainesville, the briSadcs of Gibbon and
Doubleday suffered severely. They might
have been rc-cniorccd as other brigades were
near them, but this was not done. The fight
ing continued until into the night.
AT Washington, meantime, all was panic
and ignorance. Ilallcck lid not know where
Pope was, and nobody knew where the next
Confederate blow would fall, whether on
Popc's army, Washington OF th" Shenandoah
Valley. Jackson himself was puzzled to
know what the Federal troops were about.
When he fought the battle of Gainesville, he
seems - have believed Pope's army was in
full retreat for Washington, and that he had
a brush with the passing edge of it. All
was a nul'iIc on both sides
Brevct Maj Gen. .Abncr Doubleday, whose troops
fought 50 stonty at the battle Of Gainesville and
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COL. FLETCHER WEBSTER he was killed.
BY the morning of Aug. 80 the last of Lees
forces had come up He now had 900 men
really for action. Pope had 10000. At $50
on the night of the 10Th Pope sen, another
order to Ftz John Porter to be present at
daybrenk with his corps He obcycl this
time, except two of his brigalrs, that miscon-
str'1ed orders and marched to Centrevillc and
remained there all day. The rest took brave
part i'll the fighting 1t was Il terrible battle.
There were a roar of artillery, IL crash Of
musketry and exploding slchs, the nciyLing
of horses. tile shouts of soldiers. and then the
grohns of wounded and dying, till the waters
of Bull Run ran with blood.
Pope believed the Confe'lcrates were re-
treating. and at noon ordered pursuit A
sudden discharge of artillery that shook tho
ground told Lee that the battle had bcpun.
As to fighting, it was repetition of the ,iay
before. AS to the end, it resulted in the de-
feat of Pope His soldiers were driven back
across the east side Of Bull Run and retrcated
stances of helosm that day which have
never been exccllcd
HclntZcmans corps was on the extreme
Federal right in this battle. Next to him
came Reno, with two divisions of B,lrr,si,lc's
corps, and next Sigel's corps The left wing
was almost at right angles to the right and i'll
the rear. 1t consisted of McDowelrs and
Porters corps and Reynolds Pennsylvania re-
serves.
This was the order of fight on that disas-
trous ay for the Union troops: Butterficld's
brigade made n gallant advance supported
by Sykes regulars. at the same tine Reno
and Heintzelman attacked on the right.
They we're Joined afterward by Reynolds.
Here the Confederate left hold by Jackson
was. Lpngstreet, who went to his aid. drove
back the Fe'lerals with fierce fire from two
batteries. and then charged upon them.
A> But,rriield advanced on the Union left
the wood, suddenly seemed alive with men in
gray. Col. Warren, with two regiments,
tried to hold the place Reynolds vacated
when he went to the right. H. was over
wlemel by Confcdcrates. The Federal
troops fought CALAMITY, but, outnumlcri
two to one, what could they do. Porter's
corps went into thnt bloody fight with not
quite 1000 men. When it came ont and drew
back across Bull Run there were not 5000
left. The center of both armies suffered most,
In the fighting of Aug, 2s. ~ and 80 the
LMon troops lost HOOD men, the Confeder.
atcS about S 4DO
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WHAT CLARA BELLE SAW
AT IL High Toned Fair i'll Aid of Char.
itN.Salc of t.YcilCd StntuarY.n

ity-Salc of "vcilod Statuary."
One of the most attractive features of the
event was II sale of vcilcd statuary. Dark
camhric curtains shut off Il portion of the long
vcranda, and when they were drawn aside
seven figures wrapped in white sheets and
completely masked We're exposed. Tho
auctioncer, with more or less successful at
tempts at humor, described the statues as
representations of the classic goddesses and
offered them for sale ono after another.
Bidding on the first began Mt one dollar and
mounted rapidly by dollar jumps to nine,
then ly half dollar bids to eleven, at which
price it was Knocked down. The gentleman
making the purchase paid his money and
received a ticket with n number correspond
ing to the card held i'll the hand of the statue.
ll" n"S; statue brought only six dollars.
A.t"r that none sold for less than ten.
Rlr'. Banker Scligmann stood on the veranda
stops watching the transactions with an
amused smile. When No. $ was put up
he started the bidding with loud S..
Somebody Immediately bid six and Mr.. Sclig-
mann followed with Il determined ten, as if by
that means To shut off further bidding, but
two others without any pause whatever car
rlel the figure up to thirteen, and before the
banker could recover from his surprise it was
No. & was put up Mr.. Sclisnlann bid
ten, and when after a moment somebody
vcnturcd II bid OF eleven he exclaimed fifteen.
No one competed with him Mt that figure, and
he secured the ticket.
When it was all over tho purchasers were
requested tn come up and remove their prop
er,y. Tho man who had been so anxious to
get No. . found that it was nothing but
broom dressed up with a sheet and n mask,
and Mr.. Srisman turned pale. But he was
corlcspondingly rejoice'l to find that in cs-
Gaping the dummy he had secured ono of tho
handsonest young ladies of the day, and the
quantities of Strawberries and cream and the
kniclknacks that lie bought for her out of
his great JOY would not bear mentioning.
No. was the only dummy, and money poured
freely into the treasury Golfers from the
pockets of tho purchasers, for it was partof
the duty of tho statues to insist on being
f,.nn
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cHANTlLLY. OR OK IN,

The battle of Chantilly was fought on Mon-
day. Sept. l, on ridge called Ok Hill, near
the village of Chantlly. The Confcderntes,
therefore, call this fight the battle of OK Hill,
or Germantown. The ridge lies a little north
east OF Centrev;lle, whittier the Federal troops
had fed after the defeat at Manassas, Aug. 30.
Jackson pursued the retreating army toward
Centreville, He crossed Bull Run at Sudlcy's
ford the morning of the 3lst. Pope had been
REINFORCED by Summers and Franklin's ex-
cellent corps of McClcllans army. They had
come up from Alexandria. Pope had now
G2,0O0 men.
The afternoon of Sept. the two armies
fought at Ok Hill, in the midst of n storm
which out thundsred even the roar of cannon.
Jackson had hoped to reach Fairfax Court
House, i'll the rear of the Federal army, and
cut off its communication with Washington,
The battle was opened with an attack nv
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fcers during the war, as brave and wiling us ne
was modest. He served il Popc's campaign and
with the Army of the Potomac continuously, dis
tinguishing himself i'll many severe fights. He
was ut Antictl,n. GtttHshur= and elsewhere, and
was once severely wounded. At this time he was
q hrigater general
Toward the last of tile year 1863 this brave SOL
take charge of the cavalry in the Army of the
Cumberland He parted from his old command
in the Army of tho Potomac and started west,
But just before lie reached his new headquarters
he was stricken with typhoid fever, and after a
very brief sickness died. His illness brought
mac. The very last day ot his life, Dec. III, 1S'',
almost in the moment death was upon him. the
mails brought his commission ma jor general.
He held it in his dyin, hands. and Il smile of joy
and qualification lit his face. Then. gently lay
ing il aside, he SOON Cr;:rl to hreatlr.M
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The Sons of Great Men.

1t is strange how often it is that the sons Of
great men never amount to anything am
almost ready to express the idea promulgated
by Henry George in Progress and Poverty,n
that although men ure inherently much the
same, their surroundings settle nearly every.
thing as to whether they will be great or
s'Iall. Now there arc the SONS of Old John
Brown who live on Brown mountain. near
my town. Here's the poet Longfellow's son,
who was here the other day, aud so OIL They
had parents with ideas which made them
great. but they never struck any tide in any
thing which "led on to fortune" or to success.
which it means in this case. They were out
side the currents, and l apprehend that's
about all the difference there is between men.
Now, told George Jones, tho editor Of
The New York Times, that the other day.
Jones was talking about tho newspaper b,lsi-
ness in New York, and the success he had
made, and said tohm: zones, anybody Else
could have done it just as we'll You are
largely creature Of accident. You didn't
make yourself. The city of New York, with
its steady growth made you. Not yourself.
YOU'RE no brighter, nor keener, nor better
poised in judgment than 10000 other men
right around you. You simply got i'll on high
tide. Take all those men who figured in the
early history of the United States, whom we
all now honor. How many of them would be
great if they lived in the present days The
country was new, and population scant.
Somebody had to fill public positions, and
they filled the post as thousands upon thou
sands Of other men might have done. And
because circumstances largely put them there,
we call them great. Don't think l am
arguing in circle now, for ain not If you
look close you will see what mean."-San
Francisco Examiner